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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






2. What is the function of vitamin C?






3. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






4. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






5. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






6. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






7. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






8. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






9. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






10. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






11. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






12. When does BMR increase?






13. What function is vitamin A?






14. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






15. What function is vitamin D?






16. What is RDA of protein?






17. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






18. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?






19. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






20. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






21. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






22. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






23. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






24. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






25. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






26. Fats can lead to some medical problems






27. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






28. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






29. What is the function of vitamin E?






30. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






31. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






32. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






33. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






34. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






35. What is normal BMI?






36. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






37. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






38. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






39. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






40. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






41. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






42. When does BMR decrease?






43. How many calories/gram is protein?






44. Sources of fats






45. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






46. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






47. The higher the BMR a client has --






48. What foods have high quality protein?






49. What does DASH stand for?






50. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies